[normajeanebaker]

happy birthday Ｍａｒｉｌｙｎ  Ｍｏｎｒｏｅ // june 1, 1926 - august 5, 1962 // “i sometimes feel as if i’m too exposed. i’ve given myself away, the whole of me, every part, and there’s nothing left that’s private, just me alone. if you feel low, you might worry that there’s nothing new to give. but that’s not true – not ever. you discover things inside yourself you never knew were there. you always go on developing.”

[missnormajeanes]

she was born 100 years ago today ❤️️

[silver-screen-divas]

Kim Novak

[silver-screen-divas]

𝐂𝐘𝐃 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐈𝐒𝐒𝐄

[alovelygirlthatwantshelp]

[hollywoodgems]

Anita Ekberg grazin' in the grass -late 1950's. Photo by Peter Basch.

[stevienick]

She could not ignore life. She had to live it and it was too brutal, too hostile, for her even to try to gloss over its harshness with a smile. 

GONE WITH THE WIND (1939) dir. Victor Fleming

[canadaloveselenasblog]

[dailyflicks]

Marilyn Monroe as Sugar Kane Kowalczyk SOME LIKE IT HOT 1959 — dir. Billy Wilder

[silverscreen-andfashion]

JANE RUSSELL at the premiere of A Place in the Sun, 1951

[silverscreen-andfashion]

AVA GARDNER by Virgil Apger, 1952

[manyother]

1952. Rita Hayworth in a publicity shot for "Affair in Trinidad" is a American film noir.

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe at the opening night of the Ringling Brothers Circus at Madison Square Garden, 1955.

[classicfilmblr]

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) dir. Richard Brooks

[silverscreen-andfashion]

AVA GARDNER by Virgil Apger, 1952

[lbelongiiu]

LAUREN BACALL in THE BIG SLEEP (1946) dir. Howard Hawks

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe photographed by Milton Greene in the “Gypsy” sitting, 1954.

[marilyn-and]

[reminiscent-smile]

Marilyn, encore et toujours.